Down rain-spout.



J. BIEN DOWE RMN SPGUT. APPLI'HATIOH Hmm MB. 24, 190e.

I Patented Mgr. mcg.

- taken on the dotted line x-ex JoHN BIEN, or BALrIMoRE',=i/IRYLAND.

Y' DOWN RAIN-SEOUT.

Applieation mea :amaze-190s, serian. aeaa: f

To 'it may 'eoncem y LBe 1t known that l, JOHN BIEN', ofthe city lof Baltimore, State of Maryland, l (whose ost-office address is 718 South Ann street,)

ave invented, certain Improvements vin Down Rain-Spouts, of which the following is ais eciiication.`

his invention relates tothe peculiar con struction of a down rain-s out, whereby the saine issecured to a wa without the enh ployrnent' of eitraneous fastening. devices, other than the nails which are driven into the joints betweenthe bricks or blocks of the wall and are concealed fromview, as will hereinafter fully a `pear.

In' the further escription of the' said in- .vention which'follows referencey is made` to the' accom anyin'g-.drawing forming a part hereof, an in which,--

Figure'l is aperspective view ot the-ade. jacent ends of two sections of adown spout constructed after'the manner' of the present invention, together with a portion 'of the lwall against which the spout is to be fastened. 2 is a viewsiniilar to Fig. 1, showing an alternate construction ofthe spout, and without .the wall.` .FigQis aviewsiniilar to-a 4'part of Fig. 1 .except that a cylindrical spout instead of one of rectangularcross section is illustrated, and Fig. 4 isa section of Figr 3 Referring now to Fig, lwhichfillustrates fthe construction employed "in aspout of rectangular'crosssection'andgwliere.the erecf` tion of the spout-is to be .commenced from. the top or where'it .conneotslwith'the guttery at the roof-of the build-ing, flgand' 2. are adr" vjacent or v'connecting sections or lengths `of As sectionl ,isiiitended to enter' section2, its extreme-end isv made slightly`v tapering; and the lower endlofgeachggsection has a tongue which islas integral; -with'the section. properanifprojectingibelow .the end of thesame.; "T

vided with holes-w forlii'a nails shown) whicharedrivenin ovigoin, 1^ wall 4. To'- admit 0i-"th: v( :onne'etio .-two sections, the-.wall of'section i is tonguexis i tolcontinue the-.tongueabove.the'lowe edge'l '4 duce theispacec between the inner surface ci.

the vtongue and the outer surface. of the section; and in order to preventleakage ber.lv

tween the sectionswhere the sanieare united, 55 the opening ieft in the section :b the production of the offset tongue, is c osed by a PW-+S t doesn'otfexceed that of the section, com- 'of' the section, and the tongue is oEset-i'to'prol patch' d. ln the erection-of the spout, vthe upper section isnailed to the Wall before the next lower sectionis placed in position. The second section is thenv securedto the wall in until the spiout reaches a point. near' thein place.

Seen thatfeach section'is fastened independently to the wall j and that -no hooks, straps or other extraneous. fastening devices are required to holdthe spout firmly in place.

',described, consistsin that the'fasteni'ng'ldevices are practically hidden l[from view, the' spout presenting an unobstructed 'surface throughout its entire length.

' The construction shown in Fig. 2 isemiloyed when the spout is erected .from the iiottoin, and in -tliis case, the tongue is formed lower end of each section entersthel upper end of the section next below it,` the' tongues the .patches are'not required. i

. (Fig. Sis a viewfof cylindrical sectionjo spout with the offset tongue 3, and the patch "'L'and Figa asectionpf Fig. Staken on the. dotted line x--a'c, showing the patch which' lis .soldered to the-inner suriac'eofthe section. To bring'the tongues inproper position with vrespect to the horizontal jointsbetwee'n the `bricks in the wall, it maybe necessary 1n sonic cases tocut .a' short piece from the .will be readily-understood.

-iclaiin as my invention ;'4 v 1v1-' ln a downgrai'n spout in sections, one sectionthereof having a tongue at its upper "endiand'nails whereby .thefsection is held to a wall, vthe', said tongue having a width which indit/'ith 'another section which is insertednfa'jflower section trom above and whichA l ceyersftheholding nails in the tongue of the t lower.v lsection, thereby `concealnig the saine froinl' view, substantially as speciiied 2Q-ln la .downrain' spout in sections, one -fsection thereof-.provided with. a tongue which Vofi'set beyond the body of the saine, the said Vtonguehaving a width which is not exceeded by thatof the section from which it prolects,

vground when the tongue of the last ysection is A cut ofi, Aand the elbow.(not shown)` soldered.

- .165 From vthe foregoing descriptionit will be are not offset, and in consequence', vno openf ings are left 1n' pioduc1n ;the` tongues, and I' plain end of oneor more f the` sections, as Y like manner, .iand'this operationis. continued Another advantage of the construction on the upper end of the sect-ions; and as the extends past 4the. end of the section and is 1 Y sealed from View, substantially as spoo'hod` 3. In a down mm spout, a sectlon thereof and adapted to. be nailed to the wall against second Section adapted to receive the lower which the spout A1s erected, whemby 1n the cud of the first sootlon, suhsiantmllyns speci 10 completlon of the Spoutthe I'x'zus :tre conf ed.

JOHN BIEN.

""iprovded at one end with an offst tongue; Witnesses:

which extends from a point above tdfa pointf WM. T. HOWARD,

below the and of the same, combing with f THOMAS G. HULL. 

